Christian Edwardson
Principal QC Microbiology Scientist at Regeneron
City of Albany, New York, United States
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Top SchoolChristian Edwardson is a Principal QC Microbiology Scientist with a decade of experience applying microbiology, biosecurity, and quality assurance expertise across industry and research settings. He has led global biosecurity programs for rodent research models, harmonized testing policies across operations, and driven microbiome studies from sample collection through data analysis. His background spans FDA-regulated laboratory work, postdoctoral ’omics research on environmental microbial communities, and practical experience deploying 16S/metagenomic workflows (QIIME, DADA2, phyloseq) into operational testing. Known for bridging bench science with quality systems, he routinely authors SOPs, leads change control and audits, and trains teams in aseptic technique. Based in Albany, NY, he combines academic rigor (PhD, University of Georgia) with hands-on diagnostic and customer-facing project delivery, including anaerobic microbiology optimization for bespoke microbiome projects.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BS Microbiology and Genetics/Cell Biology/Development, BS Microbiology and Genetics/Cell Biology/Development at University of MinnesotaUniversity of Georgia
English
Github Skills (43)
phyloseq10
binning9
minhash9
sequencing9
bioinformatics9
genomics9
metagenomics8
pathogen8
assembly8
nextflow7
immunology7
population-genetics7
illumina6
nf-core6
pipeline6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cedwardson4/phyloseq-extras
Jun 2018 - Dec 2019
Contributions:17 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
cedwardson4/shedd-microbiome
Jul 2016 - Jan 2019
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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